Did Tucson's baseball bat assailants strike again?

A homeless man was beaten to death in Tucson last night.

Readers of this blog know that I have been concerned that the men who attacked a client of mine last December, beating him with a baseball bat as he rode his bike home from work, would strike again.

Since we know the owner of the car these men were driving, we have been trying to get the police to pay him a visit, but to no avail. The Tucson police won't do it.

Attacks like the one against my bicyclist client last December typically target homeless people, and are often videotaped. My client believes he was mistaken for a homeless person the evening he was attacked. He was bundled up against the cold and riding a bike with a plastic dairy carton bolted on the back rack.

We will probably never know whether the men who attacked him have attacked others as well. But it seems pretty likely.

Our condolences to the friends and family of "Blue," the man who was beaten to death last night.

--Erik Ryberg